Richard Smith smithbone@gmail.com wrote:
Memory aside, I thought there were issues with the transmeta parts and not enough documentation from transmeta?
And aside memory, can I currently flash this board with LinuxBIOS, and how to safely do it, provided the flash part is soldered? I don't wan't to make it useless.
It has to be a standard desktop computer, with video (may be framebuffer), USB keyboard, IDE not essenstial, I can have only network boot and USB flash disk.
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Transmeta Corporation LongRun Northbridge (rev 03) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: Transmeta Corporation SDRAM controller 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: Transmeta Corporation BIOS scratchpad 0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231 [PCI-to-ISA Bridge] (rev 10) 0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1e) 0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1e) 0000:00:11.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ACPI (rev 10) 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 51)
Below are the main components on the motherboard:
P558 M/B (motherboard) 02157-1. 48.3B201 .011 MADE IN CHINA
CATAC 84V-0 E217196 CTML-1 041503
U8 (PHY) VIA VT6103 0408CD TAIWAN 2HF0443886
U4 (AUDIO) VIA VT1612A 0406CD TAIWAN 2HA4426311
U15 (Southbridge) VIA VT8231 0409CD TAIWAN 13H017100
U21 (VIDEO) ATI RAGE XL 215R3LASB41 DE5541.00 0340AA TAIWAN
U16 (BIOS 2 MB) ---------------- MX B041172 29LV160ATTC-90 2J031300 TAIWAN
on sticker: P558 U16 V1.09-733 ----------------
U18 (CPU) ---------------- TRANSMETA CRUSOE 5800A073310
301320 101070 0402
A1D23
B610K -2 DD2643.00 TAIWAN ----------------
U20 (2Mx32 = 8MB RAM) 0412 3-2 MT 48LC2M32B2 TG -6 F
Did anyone do it? Do you recommend just to try it, and what rescue options will I have if it goes wrong?